Improvement in shirt-bosom supports



I. M. PUST.

Shirt-Bosom Supports.

No, 140,537l i Patented July1, 1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT (DEIIGE ISAAC M. POST, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRT-BOSOM SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,537, dated July 1,1873; application filed November 9, 1872.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC M. POST, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in False Bosoms for Shirts, of which the following is aspecification:

My invent-ion consists of a false shirt-bosom for gentlemens wear,composed of wire-gauze, to be worn under the linen bosom, for thepurpose of keeping the latter in shape, and preventing it from becomingmussed or soiled by perspiration, Sto., the same constituting a newarticle of manufacture.

The drawing represents a front View of my gauze bosom as made for saleand ready for use.

To make these bosoms I take wire-cloth made of brass wire, having fromforty to sixty meshes to the inch, and cut therefrom the bosoms, of theform substantially as shown in the drawing. I preferto make them of awidth not greater than the plaited portion of the linen bosom, and ofsuch a length as not to reach quite to the waistband of the pants whenin position.

As shown in the drawing, the upper end is hollowed outto fit the neck,and is provided at the center with a loop, c, of elastic or othersuitable material, by which it is secured to the button of the neckbandof the shirt. I then cover the edge all around with a binding, e, oftape or similar material, which is stitched fast, and which can bereadily done on a sewing-machine.

In making these bosoms care should be taken to use gauze composed ofannealed wie, so as to render it pliable and to permit of its being bentor shaped as desired. They should also be out from the sheet in such amanner that their greatest length will be in line with the illing or ofthe gauze, as those wires are bent, while the warp wires are straight,thus renderingit pliable and yieldin glen gthwise, whileit iscomparatively rigid or stift' crosswise. In this way I produce a lightarticle, which not only serves to support the linen bosom and prevent itfrom being mussed and creased, but which also serves to keep the linenbosom away from the body, -and thereby prevents it from becoming soiledby perspiration, especially in warm weather. Being light and pliable ityields readily to the motions or positions ofthe body, andcan,therefore, be worn with perfect comfort.

If desired the gauze may be plated with silver or nickel to prevent itfrom being discolored, or staining the clothing when wet, or

moistened by the perspiration of the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

As a new article of manufacture, the shirt bosom or shield, constructedof wire-gauze, as and for the purpose herein described.

ISAAC M. POST.

Witnesses:

REUEL KEITH, J os. T. K. PLANT.

